No new Khata for revenue land acquired through partition deed in Bengaluru? Expert explains the available optionsBengaluru property owners face a new hurdle. The city's e-Khata portal does not allow new Khata creation for revenue land acquired through ...
21 May, 2026, 10.58 AM IST
Property partition after owner’s death: A guide for legal heirs to divide assetsPartition of a property means the legal division of jointly owned property among co-owners or legal heirs, severing joint occupancy into in...
16 Apr, 2026, 05.22 PM IST
Joint mutual will alert: Surviving spouse can’t change beneficiaries after partner’s death - what parents must knowDaughters secured an inheritance in Kerala despite their parents' Will. The High Court ruled in their favour, granting them a share of the ...
12 Apr, 2026, 05.41 PM IST
Partition memories endure at India’s 'last rail outpost' in Bengal pollsA land deed from Bangladesh holds deep significance for Balaram Mondal in Singhabad, West Bengal. His family migrated during Partition, lea...
08 Apr, 2026, 12.09 AM IST
Don’t let property turn into a legal battle: Essential steps heirs should take after owner’s deathManaging property after an owner's death requires a structured approach, starting with checking for a Will or identifying legal heirs. Upda...
03 Apr, 2026, 08.15 AM IST
Calling property ‘ancestral’ isn’t enough: Courts demand clear chain of title and documentary proofCourts now demand concrete proof for ancestral property claims. Simply calling property ancestral is insufficient. Claimants must establish...
24 Mar, 2026, 12.54 PM IST
Can a mother cut a son out of her Will? Kerala HC backs mother who inherited 46 cents of land from her husband and denied son a shareFather had got 46 cents of land from family partition; he gifted the land to wife; wife registers a Will excluding one son from getting a s...
05 Mar, 2026, 11.07 AM IST
Got property on basis of GPA or Agreement to Sell? Here’s how to regularise title before you risk losing itA recent Delhi High Court ruling highlights the critical need for registered title deeds in property disputes. Mr Bhatia lost his ancestral...
24 Feb, 2026, 10.46 AM IST
Karta’s property not treated as HUF asset if he can prove it was acquired from personal income without use of ancestral assetsThe Supreme Court of India has clarified property division rules for Hindu Undivided Families. A Karta's property is considered self-acquir...
20 Feb, 2026, 07.01 AM IST
HUF land dispute reaches Supreme Court: One brother gets 5/16th share, other retains self-acquired propertiesThe Supreme Court has settled a family land dispute between two brothers, awarding one a 5/16th share in ancestral HUF properties. The cour...
19 Feb, 2026, 07.51 AM IST
Partition deed of ancestral land fails as children lose land battle; Delhi HC backs sale deed over agreement to saleThe Delhi High Court has ruled that only a registered sale deed, not an agreement to sell, GPA, or receipt, can establish property title. T...
17 Feb, 2026, 11.21 AM IST
Wife, son can’t object to sale of 1.7 hectare land inherited by husband as it is not a joint family property, rules Bombay High CourtThe Bombay High Court ruled that land inherited by a son from his father after 1956 is his self-acquired property, not ancestral. This gran...
06 Feb, 2026, 04.11 PM IST
I have a brother and a sister, but no family partition deed. How will my parents’ property be divided after their death?ET Wealth Reader's Query: I’m 45 and have a brother and a sister. Our family partition deed, signed in 2011 by me, my father, and brother, ...
23 Dec, 2025, 01.15 PM IST
Father wins near Bengaluru ancestral property dispute against children after 31-year legal fight; landmark judgement to have wider impactThe Supreme Court of India decreed that post-partition, individual shares of joint Hindu family property become self-acquired assets. This ...
12 May, 2025, 10.36 PM IST
How to set up an HUFAs the word Hindu in HUF implies, it is connected with one being a Hindu. Only a Hindu can have an HUF. For this purpose, in addition to a ...
27 Oct, 2022, 10.13 AM IST
8 ways of transferring property: Find out which suits you mostThe modes of transfer can be divided into two types: (A) Those where the instrument of transfer needs to be stamped ad valorem and is manda...
28 Oct, 2021, 03.29 PM IST
- Panel looks at proposal on pre-2004 oral partitions
If you are a woman who shared your late father's riches with siblings under a mutual family arrangement before December 2004 and the oral t...
04 Jul, 2008, 10.15 AM IST